People who wish to apply for a Blue Badge must complete a paper application form. These are available from the Blue Badge Section (the address is shown below) or the council's one-stop shops in Kingswood, Patchway, Thornbury and Yate. Alternatively, a paper application form can be requested via contravel@southglos.gov.uk.
Blue Badge Address:
South Gloucestershire Council
Blue Badge
PO Box 2081
South Gloucestershire
BS35 9BP
Blue Badge application forms can be submitted via the one-stop shops, which will then be passed to the Blue Badge Section for assessment. Blue Badges are issued up to a maximum of 3 years.
Photographs
The Blue Badge scheme is designed in the form of a personal passport-type document and has space for a photograph of the holder to be displayed. Your application should, therefore, be accompanied by a reasonably recent photograph taken from self-service booths or any suitable photographs cut down to a passport photo size.
Badge Holder's responsibility
Blue Badge holders have a duty under Regulation 9 of the 2000 Regulations to return the Blue Badge to South Gloucestershire Council if:
The badge expires;
The badge holder is no longer eligible or at any time their mobility improves
It is a replacement badge for one that is lost or stolen and the original is found/recovered;
The badge is so damaged/faded that the details on it are illegible;
The badge is no longer required by the badge holder;
Please also note that if the badge holder passes away then the executor or administrator of the estate should return the badge to South Gloucestershire Council.
The Blue Badge remains the property of the issuing Local Authority, which has the powers to withdraw the badge in some circumstances.